On Windows, navigating into the Control Panel > Programs and Features > View installed updates page, I can see all of the software hotfixes applied including the Windows updates.
I would like to view this information using a command. Using the following command, I can view all of the Windows updates applied:
wmic qfe list full
The only problem is, the command above does not list software appliance patches applied to the machine. For example, on the view installed updates page, I can see a patch applied for SolarWinds and I cannot see the same information in the command line.
Refer to Skipping last empty line of WMIC command output in batch
#echo off
Title wmic to get HotfixID
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
echo "patches" : {
set "patches=wmic qfe get HotfixID"
for /f "skip=1" %%i in ('%patches%') do for /f "delims=" %%j in ("%%i") do (
set /a count=count+1
echo "!count!" : "%%j",
)
echo }
With Powershell 7.1 and refer to Get-Package , You can give a try with Powershell :
Get-Package -AllVersions
Getting List of Installed Applications that Matches Add/Remove Programs List
Refer to group all installed software in one cell by PowerShell
(Get-Package | Where-Object {$_.ProviderName -in #('Programs','msi','Chocolatey')} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name)
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Is it possible to get version installed chrome version using command prompt in windows?
Tried,
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -version
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --version
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -product-version
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --product-version
When i do that, a browser instance is opening. What flag should I be using to get the version.
I am using Windows 7. Google Chrome version is 67.0.3396.87.
Thanks in advance
As of today user4851's is still working. I took a look at his linked bug report and the proposed work around did not work for me anymore.
Anways a new hkey is present in my directory which allows you to query the chrome version without being aware of the actual installation location:
reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon" /v version
There's a bug filed about this: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=158372
Original Answer (but see the update below)
What works for me is
wmic datafile where name="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" get Version /value
It prints
Version=67.0.3396.99
surrounded by some blank lines.
There are some other suggestions in the bug comments, like querying the registry.
Update
Someone from the Chromium team posted this "totally unsupported" batch file in the bug comment thread:
#ECHO OFF
:: Look for machine-wide Chrome installs (stable, Beta, and Dev).
:: Get the name, running version (if an update is pending relaunch), and
:: installed version of each.
FOR %%A IN (
{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96},
{8237E44A-0054-442C-B6B6-EA0509993955},
{401C381F-E0DE-4B85-8BD8-3F3F14FBDA57}) DO (
reg query HKLM\Software\Google\Update\Clients\%%A /v name /reg:32 2> NUL
reg query HKLM\Software\Google\Update\Clients\%%A /v opv /reg:32 2> NUL
reg query HKLM\Software\Google\Update\Clients\%%A /v pv /reg:32 2> NUL
)
:: Look for Chrome installs in the current user's %LOCALAPPDATA% directory
:: (stable, Beta, Dev, and canary).
:: Get the name, running version (if an update is pending relaunch), and
:: installed version of each.
FOR %%A IN (
{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96},
{8237E44A-0054-442C-B6B6-EA0509993955},
{401C381F-E0DE-4B85-8BD8-3F3F14FBDA57},
{4ea16ac7-fd5a-47c3-875b-dbf4a2008c20}) DO (
reg query HKCU\Software\Google\Update\Clients\%%A /v name /reg:32 2> NUL
reg query HKCU\Software\Google\Update\Clients\%%A /v opv /reg:32 2> NUL
reg query HKCU\Software\Google\Update\Clients\%%A /v pv /reg:32 2> NUL
)
That should probably be seen as the right way to go for the time being.
I tried Kilian's answer, however in my case, I was running it against a bunch of machines remotely via a service, so I don't think HKEY_CURRENT_USER was valid:
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
Assuming you know where the exe is, you can try a different approach and read the version property of the exe file:
# Powershell
# Older versions install to the 32-bit directory
(Get-Item "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe").VersionInfo
# Newer versions use the 64-bit directory
(Get-Item "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe").VersionInfo
ProductVersion FileVersion FileName
-------------- ----------- --------
76.0.3809.100 76.0.3809.100 C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
To using it in cmd.exe or via any subprocess calls (python, go os/exec, etc.) you can do,
powershell -command "&{(Get-Item 'Absolute\path\to\chrome.exe').VersionInfo.ProductVersion}"
Using only commandline utils
dir /B/AD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\"|findstr /R /C:"^[0-9].*\..*[0-9]$"
78.0.3904.97
List only directories /AD within the Chrome application folder in short form /B.
findstr /R /C:"..." applies the following regex to the list of directories. The regex matches every foldername starting with a digit ^[0-9] and ending with ad digit [0-9]$.
Between the first and last digit there are any characters .* allowed but at least one dot should appear \.
user1425134's solution worked for me, but if you are allowed to assume that Chrome is part of %PATH% (if you can open Command Prompt and type chrome to start the browser), then it can be greatly simplified.
From Powershell you can type (Get-Command "chrome").Version.ToString()
Or from cmd.exe you can type powershell -c "(Get-Command "chrome").Version.ToString()"
(same for Chromium, just replace the command name)
I was able to use the rust kitty's solution without having chrome on my path, as:
from PowerShell:
(Get-Command C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe').Version.ToString()
from cmd:
powershell -command "(Get-Command C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe').Version.ToString()"
Via Powershell the command is -
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | ? {$_.name -eq 'Google Chrome'} |select Name,Version
I'm attempting to get the time of when windows booted, while using batch, then change the current system time to when windows booted, execute a command, then change back to the current time. I know how to store the current time, then using that information to change back to its original time after the commands are ran, I'm just not sure how to get the time of when Windows started, or explorer since explorer starts with windows.
Example:
'Storing the current system time so we can change back to it at the end.
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i IN ('time /t') DO SET CurrentTime=%%i
'Change System time to when Windows booted [Not sure how to do this part]
time %WindowsBootTime%
'Run Commands
'Now change back to it's original time.
time %CurrentTime%
I'm attempting to get the time of when windows booted
Use the following batch file (GetBootTime.cmd)
#echo off
setlocal
for /f %%a in ('wmic os get lastbootuptime ^| find "."') do (
set _datetime=%%a
)
set _boottime=%_datetime:~0,4%-%_datetime:~4,2%-%_datetime:~6,2% %_datetime:~8,2%:%_datetime:~10,2%
echo %_boottime%
endlocal
Example output:
> GetBootTime.cmd
2016-12-20 23:49
Further Reading
An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line - An excellent reference for all things Windows cmd line related.
for /f - Loop command against the results of another command.
wmic - Windows Management Instrumentation Command.
I am trying to run a batch file that includes some WMIC queries on multiple versions of Windows. Windows 2003 causes the script to hang. It is most likely due to the first time that wmic is being run. The computer will normally output "Please wait while WMIC is being installed.."
Is there anyway to check if wmic is installed and if it is not, do not run it? I do not want to install WMIC on the computers I am running this on if it is not already installed. Should I just skip this query on all Windows 2003?
May be I'm wrong, but I think wmic is present at least from XP
This may help
#echo off
where /R c:\windows\ wmic.exe >nul 2>nul || (echo/ wmic.exe not found & exit/B)
rem wmic queries here
exit/B
I am writing a batch script to use USMT to update computers from XP to 7. Because USMT has a scanstate component that needs to be run before the OS upgrade and a loadstate computer that has to be run after the OS upgrade I am trying to use an if statement to check what the operating system is and then run the proper commands. I am new to batch files but from everything I have been reading it seems like I am writing it properly but I am obviously messing up somewhere. I am getting a "Windows is unexpected at this time error." I also know that the variables are being set properly because of the pause commands that I included. I also tried using IF %WINVERSION% == %XP% goto XPTRUE/WIN7TRUE and enclosing everything within the brackets under a :XPTRUE/WIN7TRUE but that gives the same error.
::Don't have commands print...only outputs are printed
#echo off
:: Set constants
SET XP=Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
SET WIN7=Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
SET XPUSMTLOCATION=C:\Program Files\USMT\Binaries\v4\x86
SET 7USMTLOCATION=C:\Program Files (x86)\USMT\Binaries\v4\amd64
SET BACKUPLOACTION=\\[SERVER IP]\z$\UserAccountBackUps\Backups
SET LOCALBACKUPLOCATION=C:\Backup\USMT
SET NASBACKUPLOCATION=S:\UserAccountBackUps\Backups
#PAUSE
::Get the current version of Windows batch file is running on and store it in WINVERSION
FOR /f "delims=" %%A IN ('ver') DO #SET WINVERSION=%%A
echo %WINVERSION%
PAUSE
::Get the MAC address of the computer and store it in MACA
FOR /F %%A IN ('getmac') DO #SET MACA=%%A
echo The MAC Address is: %MACA%
:: Tell user about script
echo This is a script designed to migrate computers with one network card from Windows XP to Windows 7 using USMT, this script should not be used with computers that have multiple network cards
echo Xp is %XP%
echo 7 is %WIN7%
::Check to see if the current version is XP
PAUSE
IF %WINVERSION% == %XP% (
echo This is windows XP
::Change directory to the location of USMT files
cd %XPUSMTLOCATION%
::Run scanstate to create backup
scanstate.exe C:\Backup /i:"\\[SERVER IP]\z$\UserAccountBackUps\USMT_XML_Files\MigApp.xml" /i:"\\[SERVER IP]\z$\UserAccountBackUps\USMT_XML_Files\MigDocs.xml" /i:"\\[SERVER IP]\z$\UserAccountBackUps\USMT_XML_Files\MigUser.xml" /o /v:2
::Change directory to the location of where the USMT backup is
cd %LOCALBACKUPLOCATION%
::Rename the backup to the MAC Address
rename USMT.MIG %MACA%.MIG
::Map the NAS to a drive because xcopy can not take IP addresses
echo Mapping NAS to drive
::NAS is mapped to drive S, if S is used for something else change s below to different letter
net use s: \\[SERVER IP]\z$
echo Prepairing to copy backup to NAS
::Use xcopy to transfer backup file the /v ensures the files are identical
::This must be done this way because if USMT tries to backup directly to the NAS it tries to overwrite all existing files
xcopy %LOCALBACKUPLOCATION%\%MACA%.MIG %NASBACKUPLOCATION% /v
echo The copy has completed, run this batch file again after OS Upgrade
)
IF %WINVERSION% == %WIN7% (
echo This is Windows 7
PAUSE
)
When I run this on my Windows 7 computer I get this:
I get the same output on my XP computer except it tells me the current version is xp instead. Help would be greatly appreciated.
The line below:
FOR /f "delims=" %%A IN ('ver') DO #SET WINVERSION=%%A
stores in WINVERSION variable a string that contain several words separated by spaces, for example:
SET WINVERSION=Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
This way, the line below:
IF %WINVERSION% == %XP% (
is expanded to:
IF Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200] == Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (
that, of course, cause a syntax error! Type: IF /? for further details.
The way to compare two strings that may contains spaces, is enclosing they in quotes:
IF "%WINVERSION%" == "%XP%" (
I'm trying to uninstall a program EXE via batch file and am not having any success.
The uninstall string found in the registry is as follows:
C:\PROGRA~1\Kofax\Capture\ACUnInst.exe /Workstation
C:\PROGRA~1\Kofax\Capture\UNWISE.EXE /U
C:\PROGRA~1\Kofax\Capture\INSTALL.LOG
If I run that from CMD or batch it does nothing.
If I run C:\PROGRA~1\Kofax\Capture\UNWISE.EXE /U from CMD it will open up a dialog box to point to the INSTALL.LOG file and then proceed to uninstall.
At the end, it will ask me to click finish.
I need this to be silent, can you point me in the right direction? This is on XP and 7.
Every program that properly installs itself according to Microsoft's guidelines makes a registry entry in either HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall (for machine installs) or HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall (for user profile installs). Usually, the key for the program will be its GUID, or else the name of the program. Within that key will be an entry called UninstallString. This contains the command to execute to uninstall the program.
If you already know ahead of time what you will be uninstalling, it should be easy enough to just put that in your batch file. It gets tricky when you try to automate that process though. You can use the reg command to get data from the registry, but it returns a lot of text around the actual value of a given key, making it hard to use. You may want to experiment with using VBscript or PowerShell, as they have better options for getting data from the registry into a variable.
This might help you further.....
How to Create a script via batch file that will uninstall a program if it was installed on windows 7 64-bit or 32-bit
I've had the same problem and this is what I came up with.
Before you start using this method though, you might wanna look up the name of the application on WMIC using CMD so..
First you wanna do: WMIC product > C:\Users\"currentuser"\Desktop\allapps.txt
I'd recommend to output the command to an TXT file because it's really confusing to read it in the Cmd prompt, plus is easier to find the data you are looking for.
Now what you wanna do is find the actual name of the app... If you look at the code I put in, the app name says SkypeT because skype has "™" in the end of it and the command prompt can't interpretate that as it is.
After you got the app name, just put in the find in the 4th line and substitute, a few lines which contain my examples with skype...
Also you can probably creat a variable called %APP% and not worry as much, but at it's current it works just fine...
One thing to note! with me the msi /quiet command did not work, the program would not install or uninstall so I used /passive, which lets the users see what's going on.
#Echo off
CD %cd%
:VerInstall
for /f "tokens=12,*" %%a in ('wmic product list system ^| Find /I "SkypeT"') do (
if Errorlevel = 0 (
Echo Skype is installed! )
if Errorlevel = 1 ( Echo Skype is not installed, proceding to the installation!
Ping localhost -n 7 >nul
goto :Reinstall )
)
:Status
tasklist /nh /fi "IMAGENAME eq "APP.exe" | find ":"> nul
if errorlevel = 1 goto :force
goto :Uninstall
:Force
echo We are killing the proccess... Please do not use the application during this process!
Ping localhost -n 7 > nul
taskkill /F /FI "STATUS eq RUNNING" /IM APP* /T
echo The task was killed with success! Uninstalling...
Ping localhost -n 7 > nul
:Uninstall
cls
for /f "tokens=12,*" %%a in ('wmic product list system ^| Find /I "SkypeT"') do (
set %%a=%%a: =%
msiexec.exe /x %%a /passive /norestart
)
:DoWhile
cls
Tasklist /fi "IMAGENAME eq msi*" /fi "STATUS eq RUNNING" | Find ":" >nul
if errorlevel = 1 (
echo Installation in progress
Goto :DoWhile
)
echo Skype is Uninstalled
:Reinstall
msiexec.exe /i SkypeSetup.msi /passive /norestart
:reinstallLoop
Tasklist /fi "IMAGENAME eq msi*" /fi "STATUS eq RUNNING" | Find ":" >nul
if errorlevel = 1 (
echo Installation in progress
goto :reinstallLoop
)
echo Skype is installed
:end
cls
color 0A
Echo Done!
exit
One last thing. I used this as an Invisible EXE task, so the user couldn't interact with the command prompt and eventually close the window (I know, I know, it makes the whole echoes stupid, but it was for testing purposes).for that I used BAT to EXE converter 2.3.1, you can put everything to work on the background and it will work very nicelly. if you want to show progress to users just write START Echo "info" and replace the info with whatever you want, it will open another prompt and show the info you need.
Remember, Wmic commands sometimes take up to 20 seconds to execute since it's querying the conputer's system, so it might look like it's doing nothing at first but it will run! ;)
Good luck :)
We needed a batch file to remove a program and we couldn't use programmatic access to the registry.
For us, we needed to remove a custom MSI with a unique name. This only works for installers that use msi or integrate such that their cached installer is placed in the Package_Cache folder. It also requires a unique, known name for the msi or exe. That said, it is useful for those cases.
dir/s/b/x "c:\programdata\packag~1\your-installer.msi" > removeIt.bat
set /p RemoveIt=< removeIt.bat
echo ^"%RemoveIt%^" /quiet /uninstall > removeIt.bat
removeIt.bat
This works by writing all paths for 'your-installer.msi' to the new file 'removeIt.bat'
It then assigns the first line of that bat file to the variable 'RemoveIt'
Next, it creates a new 'removeIt.bat' that contains the path/name of the .msi to remove along with the needed switches to do so.
Finally, it runs the batch file which executes the command to uninstall the msi. This could be done with an .exe as well.
You will probably want to place the 'removeIt.bat' file into a known writable location, for us that was the temp folder.